Quotes About Insight

I appeared in several of Dad's films - at the time, I didn't really appreciate how great a director he was.

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

At the most basic level, I appreciate writers who have something to say.

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.

Yes, I have political aptitude and attitude too.

There's not a lot of arc in an actual psychopath.

Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into.

If there's a group of articles written about me, I can usually tell the difference if someone's writing an article and they know me from someone who doesn't know me. They're usually very different.

Ce matin j'ignorais ce qu'était l'argent, vous me l'avez appris, ce n'est qu'un moyen, voilà tout.

Once more she urged me not to be dazzled by the glitter of society, to be always on my guard, especially against what most attracted me. This is the sum-total of her wisdom, and I can get nothing more out of her.

Is not the forehead the most prophetic feature of a man?

L'étude prête une sorte de magie à tout ce qui nous environne.

L'amour a ses intuitions, comme le génie a les siennes.

So verbringt man einen guten Teil seines Lebens damit, auszujäten, was man in der Jugend in seinem Herzen hat wachsen lassen. Diese Operation nennt man: Erfahrungen machen,

Everything we take the trouble to learn in our youth, even the most futile, is of use.

What do we know of the world, of business, or men, or life? Our fathers should think for us!

L'un des malheurs auxquels sont soumises les grandes intelligences, c'est de comprendre forcément toutes choses, les vices aussi bien que les vertus.

Asl?nda cahil, ama do?u?tan zeki olan, dü?üncelerini sistemli bir bütünlük içinde geli?tirmeye al??k?n ki?iler, kendilerinden daha üstün olanlar?n kaç?rd??? yükseklikleri ula?t?.

You misjudge us because you do not know us. —W. E. B. Du Bois, "The Talented Tenth

There had always been something rather brutal about (..._) common sense.

You can tell a lot about a person's character over the phone. Not everything, but a lot. It's not always what they say but what they don't say that's the most telling,

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant.

Mistakes are their own instructors